{"id":9553,"date":"2025-03-01T00:13:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T00:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/jd-vance-positioning-himself-as-trumps-attack-dog-berates-zelensky-at-oval-office\/"},"modified":"2025-03-01T00:13:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T00:13:57","slug":"jd-vance-positioning-himself-as-trumps-attack-dog-berates-zelensky-at-oval-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/jd-vance-positioning-himself-as-trumps-attack-dog-berates-zelensky-at-oval-office\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance, Positioning Himself as Trump\u2019s Attack Dog, Berates Zelensky at Oval Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For 39 days, Vice President JD Vance performed his duties in the shadows of two bigger-than-life figures: President Trump and Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That changed on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">With cameras rolling, the vice president ambushed President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, triggering the kind of overheated argument rarely seen in the Oval Office. Mr. Vance repeatedly accused Mr. Zelensky of disrespecting Mr. Trump by refusing to offer thanks for U.S. assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cDo you think that it\u2019s respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?\u201d Mr. Vance asked, yelling over Mr. Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was Mr. Vance\u2019s most high-profile moment since assuming the role of Mr. Trump\u2019s understudy. And it suggested that the 40-year-old, former first-term senator from Ohio is trying not to be relegated to the B-team of what has already become one of the most fast-paced and aggressive administrations in modern history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The remarkable scene of a vice president injecting himself into the middle of a tense diplomatic discussion in the Oval Office also showcased Mr. Vance\u2019s media savvy. A onetime best-selling author and CNN political contributor, the vice president has demonstrated a knack for seizing on moments that will capture the media\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Friday, Mr. Vance found that moment as Mr. Zelensky tried to explain the ways in which President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had reneged on prior diplomatic deals. Rather than engage with the Ukraine leader on the substance of that question, the vice president used a tried-and-true debater\u2019s technique: He changed the subject.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYou should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict,\u201d Mr. Vance said, his voice rising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Zelensky kept pressing, at one point asking whether Mr. Vance had ever been to Ukraine to see the situation for himself. When that seemed to anger the vice president even more, Mr. Zelensky began to chide him: \u201cYou think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you \u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But that triggered Mr. Trump, who was sitting between the two men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe\u2019s not speaking loudly,\u201d the president said. Within moments, it was Mr. Trump and Mr. Zelensky who were yelling over each other in a confrontation that would ultimately lead to Mr. Zelensky\u2019s early exit from the White House \u2014 without the minerals deal that both men had expected to sign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, it was Mr. Vance, not Mr. Trump, who seemed to deliver the opening salvo on Friday, setting in motion the swift collapse of diplomacy between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was a striking moment for Mr. Vance, who has not been the one generating most of the banner headlines alongside Mr. Trump. That role has been reserved for Mr. Musk, the world\u2019s richest man and the leader of the rapid effort to fire federal workers across the bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During Mr. Trump\u2019s first cabinet meeting on Wednesday at the White House, the vice president sat across from Mr. Trump while the president lavished attention on Mr. Musk. Questions from reporters were directed at Mr. Musk \u2014 not Mr. Vance \u2014 about his demand that federal employees prove their worth by responding to an email with a description of their previous workweek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And yet, there have been hints over the last six weeks that Mr. Vance was eager to showcase his own ability to shock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In mid-February, Mr. Vance stunned European officials by declaring during a speech in Munich that they should end the isolation of far-right parties across the continent. The Germans, he said, should no longer refuse to work with a far-right political party that has often reveled in banned Nazi slogans and has been shunned from government as a result.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere is no room for firewalls,\u201d Mr. Vance said at the Munich Security Conference, referring to the longstanding agreement among Germany\u2019s major parties not to work with the party, known as the Alternative for Germany, or AfD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Vance underscored his message by meeting with Alice Weidel, the AfD\u2019s candidate for chancellor in last month\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The vice president has also used Mr. Trump\u2019s favorite communications tool \u2014 social media \u2014 to grab attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Roughly two weeks after the inauguration, Mr. Vance reacted to several court rulings against the president\u2019s executive orders by making a sweeping statement about executive power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal,\u201d Mr. Vance wrote on X, the social media platform owned by Mr. Musk. \u201cIf a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that\u2019s also illegal. Judges aren\u2019t allowed to control the executive\u2019s legitimate power.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That statement, too, made headlines. Critics said Mr. Vance was claiming powers for the presidency that go far beyond the limits imposed by the Constitution. Article III of the Constitution empowers courts to exercise judicial review over actions of the executive and legislative branches of government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Vance was once dismissive of the president and his agenda. In 2016, he called Mr. Trump an \u201cidiot\u201d and warned about his dangerous rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That view is gone. In the Senate, Mr. Vance worked tirelessly to advance Mr. Trump\u2019s political agenda, in part by heaping praise on him. When he became Mr. Trump\u2019s running mate in 2024, Mr. Vance was a dutiful soldier on the campaign trail who was careful not to overshadow the candidate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In an interview <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/12\/magazine\/jd-vance-interview.html\" title=\"\">with The New York Times<\/a> in October, just before the election<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/12\/magazine\/jd-vance-interview.html\" title=\"\">,<\/a> Mr. Vance said that he understood Mr. Trump\u2019s abrasive approach to politics, but did not necessarily seek to mimic it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s approach is President Trump\u2019s approach,\u201d he said. \u201cHis style is his style. Do I think that his style and his approach is a necessary corrective to what\u2019s broken about American society? Yes, I do. That doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m going to try to be Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But neither, apparently, is he trying to be like the Republican and Democratic lawmakers who met with Mr. Zelensky just before the Oval Office meeting that went off the rails on Friday. That meeting went well, with some lawmakers from both parties posting smiling selfies with Mr. Zelensky. Some were anticipating being part of a signing ceremony for the mineral deal that they expected to take place in a few hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Instead, a black SUV sped out of the White House gates carrying Mr. Zelensky shortly after the meeting. Mr. Trump wanted him gone, as he made clear in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office,\u201d Mr. Trump wrote. \u201cHe can come back when he is ready for Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/28\/us\/politics\/jd-vance-zelensky.html\">Source link 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